Licensing

ALH FINED FOR BREACHES ON HUNDREDS OF EGMs

Endeavour’s ALH Group has been ordered to pay more than half a million dollars in penalties over “serious” breaches of Victoria’s pre-commitment scheme. Prompted by an anonymous tip-off, the Victorian Gambling and Casino Control Commission (VGCCC) carried out an inspection ‘blitz’ of ALH venues across Victoria. This resulted in 220 non-compliant gaming machines being identified and

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ILGA PAUSES GAMING APPLICATIONS AFTER LOSING SUPREME COURT RULING

The Independent Liquor & Gaming Authority (ILGA) has put gaming machine applications on hold, pending the outcome of a successful challenge by a hotelier in the Supreme Court that throws doubt on conditions placed on gaming rooms. Jim Knox’s pubs the Area Hotel in Griffith, purchased in 2019, and Whitebull Hotel in Armidale, bought mid-2021,

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OLGR REAFFIRMS PUB TRANSFER DELAYS ARE ‘APPLICANT ERROR’

In the wake of further accounts of long delays in transfer of pub assets in Queensland, the state’s liquor regulator says the process typically takes less than two months, and delays are the result of applicant errors. In discussions with Queensland’s Office of Liquor & Gaming Regulation (OLGR), the department confirms the typical processing time

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MARRICKVILLE MUSIC ICON THE GREAT CLUB SUSTAINS GREATNESS

Ending a stressful year of battles with NIMBY neighbours over noise complaints, Marrickville music hero The Great Club is safe and ready for action. When COVID-19 restrictions were lifted near the end of 2022, the 350-capacity The Great Club (TGC) in Sydney’s inner west was able to resume regular operations – until a “small but

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